This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

CAT IN A QUICKSILVER CAPER: A MIDNIGHT LOUIE MYSTERY

Copyright © 2006 by Carole Nelson Douglas

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Douglas, Carole Nelson.

Cat in a quicksilver caper / Carole Nelson Douglas.—1st ed.

p. cm.— (A Midnight Louie mystery)

“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

ISBN-13: 978-0-765-31400-0

ISBN-10: 0-765-31400-2 (acid-free paper)

1. Midnight Louie (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Barr, Temple (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Public relations consultants—Fiction. 4. Las Vegas (Nev.)—Fiction. 5. Women cat owners—Fiction. 6. Cats—Fiction. 7. Art thefts—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3554.O8237C2769 2006

813’.54—dc22

2005032801

First Edition: July 2006

Printed in the United States of America

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